Comparison of the genomes of human and mouse lays the foundation of genome zoology

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 701-709

  Emes, Richard D ^a   Goodstadt, Leo ^a   Winter, Eitan E ^a   Ponting, Chris P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOGENE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037387007     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddg078     Document Type: Review

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